The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Thursday said it will start the environmental review of the Beacon Wind project offshore Massachusetts with an overall proposed capacity of at least 2,430 MW.
Beacon Wind LLC is a joint venture between Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and BP Plc (LON:BP). It proposes to develop two wind farms in its lease area located 17 nautical miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and 52 nautical miles east of Montauk, New York, — Beacon Wind 1, with a capacity of 1,230 MW, which will deliver power to New York, and Beacon Wind 2 of more than 1,200 MW. Beacon Wind’s proposal calls for the installation of up to 155 turbines, up to two offshore substation platforms, and up to two offshore export cables, planned to land in Astoria, New York, and Waterford, Connecticut.
